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alternate ebb and flood of the tide; often used figuratively. This alternation between unhealthy activity and depression, this ebb and flow of the industrial. A. T. Hadley.

Excessively careful; cautious. [Obs.] No men are so envious of their health. Jer. Taylor. -- En"vi*ous*ly, adv. -- En"vi*ous*ness, n.

Promoting the skinning over or healing of sores; as, an epulotic ointment. -- n.

object, so that it remains firm; equipoise; as, to preserve the equilibrium of the body. Health consists in the equilibrium between those two powers. Arbuthnot.

A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics.

Such a due mixture of qualities in bodies as constitutes health or soundness. Quincy.

he matter forming the false membranes which sometimes result from acute inflammation in a healthy person. Dunglison.

Healthy nutrition; soundless as regards the nutritive functions.

Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and functions in a healthy state; hygienic activity; as, to take exercise ob horseback. The wise for cure on exercise depend. Dryden.

the making levies of men. Clarendon. The temper of the climate, favorable to generation, health, and long life. Sir W. Temple.

o blame; to censure. -- To find one's self, to be; to fare; -- often used in speaking of health; as, how do you find yourself this morning

To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive. A tree thrives and flourishes in a kindly . . . soil. Bp. Horne.

ns done, For peace at home, and for the public wealth, I mean to crown a bowl for Cæsar's health. Dryden. That which we, for our unworthiness, are afraid to crave, our prayer is, that God, for the worthiness of his Son, would, notwithstanding, vouchsafe to grant. Hooker.

A variety of apatite from Wheal Franco in Devonshire.

To eat in; to make way by corrosion. Many wheals arose, and fretted one into another with great excoriation. Wiseman.

rubbing the body with the hand, with flannel, or with a brush etc., to excite the skin to healthy action.

ve or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily. Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by extortion. Ezek. xxii. 12. Gaining twist, in rifled firearms, a twist of the grooves, which increases regularly fr…

s, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable. I am loth to gall a new-healed wound. Shak.

birds, attended with much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See Gapeworm.

Brightness or warmth of color; redness; a rosy flush; as, the glow of health in the cheeks.